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is said about the for after-care, and we hope that eV more will be done, but a great nurr^

of potential breakdowns and the str* which can lead to actual illness ml# be relieved earlier. From my experiefl' a break from the immediate cause trouble and help from trained ^ informal sources can save much distr?! Centres could be begun where doc'" and welfare workers could send cert3 types of cases, where they could be wi^1 reach of home?should this be in interests?and where they could helped to face the situation which ^ led them to need this help. Their families could be kept inforfl1' of the patient's progress, and shov meanwhile what steps to take and to help when he or she returned. C^ munity care is excellent, but can dangerous when there is no advice fr" trusted and qualified pexsons. In the case of a husband or son, $ could travel to work from the Cen1' thus receiving the benefit of this the' peutic necessity, while the family wo1* receive the wage-packet probably reduc'

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contribution towards the Centre would be see the latter avoid much of the later hardSllP if she were removed to hospital. discharge the patient could keep ln touch with the Centre through a S0C|al club, or a group such as the A^c?very Inc. which does so much in

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Brigid Wilts.

Boardman